Julie Hamill: New CA Bill Forces Schools to Teach Gender Ideology
And hide transitions from parents
California’s radical lefty legislators just pulled a gut and amend with AB 1955, introducing a "You must teach gender ideology, transition kids and hide it from their parents" bill.
The bill is (unironically) being called “The Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today’s Youth Act or SAFETY Act.”
But is it legal?
These legislators forget that while they can change state law, they can't change the constitution or federal law, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, commonly known as FERPA.
Under FERPA, “education records” means records, files, documents, and other materials which:
Contain information directly related to a student; and
Are maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a person acting for such agency or institution.
Districts that create dummy files or "unofficial records" to “support” a new identity for kids who believe they were born in the wrong body stand to lose federal funding under FERPA, which says:
"No funds shall be made available under any applicable program to any educational agency or institution which has a policy of denying, or which effectively prevents, the parents of students who are or have been in attendance at a school of such agency or at such institution, as the case may be, the right to inspect and review the education records of their children.” 20 U.S.C.A. § 1232g(a)(1)(A)
FERPA remains the law of the land, and every parent should make it their practice to regularly inspect their child’s education records to understand what is going on with him or her at school.
Here’s THE LINK to AB 1955.
Californians: Please contact your legislators and members (see below for names) of the senate education committee to voice your opposition before their hearing on May 29.
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